threenewpadlocks
Brownlow Medallist
I think you're overestimating the interest that a random Carlton or Richmond or West Coast fan would have on whether Riley Garcia (27 career games) will continue to be in and out of the best 22 for either Geelong or West Coast next year, at the very least, not in October itself.Maybe. But the level of scrutiny of club lists and potential trades has probably increased by close to an order of magnitude since the Jong affair.
This thread gets a ridiculous amount of idle chatter throughout the year and the AFL website has a thing called Gettable just to fill space and/or keep the clicks coming all year round. When too much footy can never be enough.
So even if some unknown like Garcia was spotted touring another club's facilities I reckon there's a fair chance they'd pounce on it. It would make a change from rehashing the same old news, speculation and whispers week after week.